Countries
European Union, Malta
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
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Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Grazzi
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
амритана
Sorry
Skużani!
Амарахь
Bye
Ċaw
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
-
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Malta
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
520,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Malta
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
500,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Sadz
Where They Speak
-
Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.50 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Malti
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
maltais
abkhaze
German Name
Maltesisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 1470
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Abkhaz
Language Position
2528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
abk
ISO 639 3
mlt
abk
ISO 639 6
mlt
abks
Glottocode
malt1254
abkh1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative